Wan Jianyi hurriedly said, "Martial Brother, there's no need to worry. Martial Sister Tang is not seriously hurt; she merely exhausted too much of her cultivation and needs some time to regulate her breathing and recover."
She had fought a Body Integration-stage demon, and she had been ambushed at that.
Yet she was not seriously harmed, having only overexerted her cultivation?
Was this... the capability of one who had inherited Xuanji Sect's legacy?
There truly were countless capable people among the cultivators of the world!
Su Shi'er's pupils contracted slightly as he could not help sighing. "As expected of Martial Sister Tang. Her abilities are truly astonishing!"
Wan Jianyi nodded in amazement as well. "Indeed! Though Martial Sister Tang did not have time to explain the specifics, one could imagine how perilous it must have been."
"Yet, Senior Brother Su, you managed to preserve yourself while being pursued by a Spirit Severing-stage existence, and even broke the formation to help the senior cultivators from the various trapped factions escape."
"Such methods make you a model for our generation as well!"
Halfway through his words, Wan Jianyi changed the subject, turning his admiring gaze toward Su Shi'er.
Tang Zhuying bore Xuanji Sect's inheritance, after all, and was now a Spirit Severing-stage existence.
To him, she was still far too distant.
Su Shi'er was different. Perhaps he, too, possessed opportunities that others lacked.
But was Wan Jianyi himself not the same?
The two were now equal in cultivation and strength, yet if their positions were exchanged, he believed he absolutely could not accomplish what Su Shi'er had done.
Su Shi'er hurriedly waved his hand. "Junior Brother, you flatter me. If there were a choice, who would be willing to risk their life in a desperate struggle?"
"Escaping death by a hair's breadth